Each year Tom Coburn, M.D., a U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, creates his list of wasteful spending in Washington. As a ranking member of the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Senator Coburn has a ringside seat to some of the atrocities of U.S. government ... more than $455 billion in deficit spending according to the Congressional Budget Office's Monthly Projections for November 2008, Senator Coburn's report is raising eyebrows on Capital Hill and beyond. According to Senator Coburn's report, in 2008, the U.S. government provided wasteful spending for programs that continue to be ine...

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... Supreme Court struck down the "do not call" list, twice! This list is a registry that allows people to register their phone number on a list that prohibits telemarketers from calling their number. According to the Supreme Court, the call ban violates commercial free speech rights. Going against tradition, Congress voted against the ban of the "do not call" list. Despite this ruling consumers who don't want ... to receive telemarketing calls from particular sellers can still limit them by telling companies to put their number on each company's do not call list, which I know from personal...

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... . The main focus of Congress is to create laws. It created a bicameral legislature, which consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Although each section relies heavily on each other, they have specific differences that separate them. At the time of the creation of the Constitution, ... on in the country. Smaller states, like New Jersey, argued that each state should have an equal amount of representatives. Since they had less population, if Virginia got its way, small states like New Jersey would not be represented well. Due to this argument, the Senate was created to sat...

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... . The main focus of Congress is to create laws. It created a bicameral legislature, which consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Although each section relies heavily on each other, they have specific differences that separate them. At the time of the creation of the Constitution, ... on in the country. Smaller states, like New Jersey, argued that each state should have an equal amount of representatives. Since they had less population, if Virginia got its way, small states like New Jersey would not be represented well. Due to this argument, the Senate was created to sat...

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... through which legislative initiatives must pass. At the federal level, these houses are the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. This system was set up for two reasons: It was a compromise between those who thought that democratic representation should be based on population (the House) and those who thought that the states should be represented equally (the Senate). The founding ... fathers thought that having two houses would limit the number of irrational proposals passed through Congress. The House: Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are elected every two yea...

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... starting to feel that there is a concern in this topic and is forcing the House and Senate to do something about it since there is a lot of shooting going on in the United States. The lack of progress on immigration reforms has received not attention from the government. The Senate has passed the ... immigration bill, but the House has refused to do anything on this issue. This issue has been pushed aside many of ... border security will cause more uproar with U.S. citizens because some will find that plan to be unjust. I agree with some of the people in the House for allowing this to be...

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... millions, but are in fact in the billions. In fact the amount to bail out the current crisis of Wall Street is around $700 billion. With this country already in a great deal of debt, the fact that it is taking on more, is of great concern. However, what people need to see is that in the short term the federal ... government is taking on a large debt, but in the long run they could actually be gaining a large sum. What the U.S. is doing is not paying off these banking companies debt, but ... be paid back for their help plus interest, when they are able to sell off the loans in a more sta...

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... Representatives and the U.S. Senate. This system was set up for two reasons, it was a compromise between those who thought that democratic representation should be based on population (the House) and those who thought that the states should be represented equally (the Senate), and the founding fathers thought that having two houses would limit the number of unreasonable initiatives passed ... difference in body count. Members of the U.S. Senate are elected every six years and represent the interest of entire states. Each state has two senators. Where the House operates on rules, the Se...

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... passed in 1919, prohibiting the sale and consumption of alcohol. This groundbreaking legislation, although overturned in 1933, is credited with beginning the War on Drugs. A plethora of laws followed, including the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, which successfully banned the plant until the Act was ruled unconstitutional ... Anti-Drug Abuse Act added the forfeit of property to the growing list of consequences of drug use and possession. Since this Act, even higher punishment has been implemented. The government has demonstrated incredible hypocrisy on the issue; federally overruling State la...

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... to drink more, gamble, women's dresses became shorter and their actions were sometimes more dishonorable, jazz houses and speakeasies sprang up, and the list goes on. It was a decade of great change. The 1920's was a time of major social change in the United States. The social changes ... also eliminate the social problems associated with alcohol. It was an attempt to promote Protestant middle-class culture as a means of imposing order on a disorderly world. However, this goal of keeping social order through not consuming alcohol, was not reached during the years of prohibition, or ... ...

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Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson were two great leaders in American history. Being the great leaders that they were does not mean that they thought the same things on numerous subjects. Although America will always remember them, they are most remembered for their differences, not their similarities. The two parities formed because of opposition in the government. The officers ... ...

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My Views on the U.S. Constitution The U.S. Constitution is the foundation of the United States without it we have no rules and regulations to live by, nothing to stem laws from. I feel that the U.S. ... information that could be imperative to be able to grasp the material. How can the constitution be known and understood, if it is not readily available? Yes, it is available on the Internet, and in I"m sure many periodicals. Yes, it is brought to your attention through out school, in history courses, but until I was given this assignment, I never took the time ... ...

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On Patriotism and What It Means To Me While patriotism in its truest sense is only a minor evil, in America it has been blown out of proportion into an incredible engine ... a bigger challenge then it should be with an apathetical public opinion and an ineffective media, one whose primary goal is to market goods rather then to inform. Yes, Americans are on average lacking. Needing and pleading for help whether they understand it or not. But patriotism is not the answer to their plight....

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... . The United States wanted to have markets overseas to keep its economy strong. American was also in a decade of crisis. The inundation of more immigrants and crowded cities worried the U.S. on what would become of the country's future. Also a British bank failure in 1893 caused the U.S. to fall into an economic depression. This caused 1500 business failures and an unemployment of ... Cuba. Another cause if the war was the sink in of the USS Maine a battle ship which had been in Havana's harbor to protect American interest sank after an explosion on February 15, 1898. The explosion kille...

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... working for what she considered to be the best interests of womankind. She enabled women to speak out with confidence on many issues. Miss Anthony contributed to the women suffrage movement by founding a national organization, public lecturing, and putting national focus on the suffrage issue. Susan Anthony helped form the National Women Suffrage Association (1869-90) and later known as the National ... California to propose an amendment to the constitution for women suffrage. The amendment was defeated, but Susan worked hard to have the amendment proposed every year. Susan put national...

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... speech expand beyond this one issue and also has to do with freedom of inquiry, action, and religion on campus as well. Even thought there are many attempts to protect students from free speech on campus, organizations are wrong for doing so. These attempts to protect are taking away our first, and ... States, they have the rights stated in the first amendment. To take away this right is to take away our self expression, this expression is on of the many reasons people fled to the United States. However this expression is not limited to just free speech. This expression allows Jews to b...

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... federal data and an appendix of federal data and an appendix of notes to back up his information. Walton's book discusses the effects on civil rights progress of the institutionalization of enforcement agencies in the federal government. The book specifically delves into how the Reagan administrations new ... Rights Era State University of New York Press Albany, NY 1996 Smith writes the book in an attempt to educate the black community on where African-American fit in the scheme of politics and intergovernmental relations. Smith discusses blacks and the lack of black leadership as actors...

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... and demands for change are the responses to these incidents. But given the lack of racial and social diversity among students, faculty and administrators on most campuses; many universities, under pressure to respond to the concerns of those who are the objects of hate have adopted codes or policies ... that, it is unlawful for the government to regulate racist or violent speech. By doing so the government would intrude on students' creativity and learning process, would set false restraints on racist behavior, and undermine the Constitution at whole. To begin, government censorship and...

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... related homicide is not happening at an outstanding rate. The streets of the American Urban City, are still unsafe. There is much speculation on how to manage these types of problems. For one, there are registration laws regarding the ownership and operation of guns, however, many criminals ... harder and law enforcement was unquestionably different from what we are used to today. People that lived in America during the revolution still relied very much on hunting. Hunting was a means to accommodate human kind's inherent need for nourishment. Whereas today, hunting is a sport where, in ...

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... this was the land of thefree,? and we got to wear what we wanted to wear. They shouldn't get put out public places because of what is on their shirt. By during this kind of act they are or breaking the 1st amendment, which states that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of ... , detailing where they will search and what they expect to find. President Bush has decided that terrorism suspects can be tried before special military council. Based on this decision, as many as 1000 foreigner was gather search that they can find the attackers. As we look back at the amendments ...

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... malcontent. However, the effect that gun violence had upon our nation has a negative one, the shootings and violence that start as early as elementary school has smudged an ugly streak on the gun history in the United States. The main argument presented and represented by both the University of Utah administration and Associated Students of University of Utah(ASUU) is, private ... owned concealed weapons have no place on public campus grounds. It is in the best interest of students as pointed out by the ASUU, that the 1st amendment is taken into consideration before the 2nd. The freedom...

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... free are we? In the United States we live by our Bill or Rights and our Constitution, which state that we are a free country and list our rights as citizens of this great country. They allow us to defend ourselves, speak our minds, and grant us many other freedoms. However, sometimes ... the people are not so lucky to be free. My family is from Cuba and although most of them are here, I do have some relatives left over on the island. When Fidel Castro took over, he took control of all businesses, some of which belonged to my relatives, and nobody could do anything about it ... . You cann...

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Ask any American to list some of the rights they have in this country, and they"ll start naming things like freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Where do all those freedoms come from? The United States Constitution and its Amendments, right? True, but first, there were the Articles of Conf...

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... law against voting with their free will ("Electoral College"). The body of electors who determine the President of the United States is equal to the number of members in the House of Representatives and members of the Senate along with 3 appointed representatives for the District of Columbia. Altogether, there are 538 electors (Procedural Guide). A President must receive at least 270 votes ... out of the 538 electoral votes to be elected to office. According to the 12th amendment of the Constitution, if no one receives the majority vote, the House of Representatives (who are considered ...

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... earn at least 270 electoral votes will be named the winners of the election. In the case that no team of candidates earn 270 total electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives will be given the sole duty of naming the next President and Vice President of the United States. In the history of the United States, only two Presidential ... races have been decided by the House of Representatives. These two Presidents were Thomas Jefferson in 1800 and John Quincy Adams in 1824. At the heart of the Electoral College is political balance. When the college was ... ...

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